Dr Amie Randhawa PhD

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Research Fellow

Contact details

Email: a.randhawa@bham.ac.uk
Twitter: @RandhawaAmie

Address: School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Amie is a researcher in adolescent health and wellbeing. Her main research focus is menstrual health in adolescents, with a particular interest in their lived experience of endometriosis, and she is also interested in young peoples’ use of smartphones and social media.

Qualifications

PhD in Health, Education & Life Sciences – Birmingham City University

MSc Health Psychology – University of Nottingham

BSc Psychology – Cardiff University

Biography

Amie completed a Masters in Health Psychology at the University of Nottingham in 2016, shortly before commencing her PhD, exploring adolescents’ awareness and experiences of endometriosis and menstruation, at Birmingham City University. She joined the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Birmingham in October 2022, as a Research Associate on the SMART Schools Study. She has previously worked at UoB and the University of Warwick on mental health research studies.

Research

Amie’s research interests include applying qualitative and quantitative methods to the study of adolescent health and well-being. Particular areas of interest include adolescent menstrual health and education, and young peoples’ use of smart phones and social media.

Other activities

Amie has worked with Plan International UK on the ‘Let’s talk. Period’ project, as part of which she co-created several briefings exploring young people’s direct experiences of period education, and identifying projects designed to tackle the ‘toxic trio’ (young people’s access to period products, their lack of education about periods, and the shame, stigma, and taboo associated with menstruation).

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Perry, SJ, Goodyear, VA, Pallan, M, Adab, P, Fenton, S, Michail, M, Patterson, P, Randhawa, A, Sitch, AJ, Wade, M & Al-Janabi, H 2026, 'Health economics analysis of restrictive school smartphone policies in secondary schools in England (SMART Schools)', BMJ Mental Health, vol. 29, no. 1, e301892. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2025-301892

Goodyear, VA, Randhawa, A, Adab, P, Al-Janabi, H, Fenton, S, Michail, M, Patterson, P, Sitch, A, Wade, M & Pallan, M 2026, 'How school phone policies influence adolescent phone use and wellbeing (SMART Schools): a qualitative comparative case study', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 398, 119094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119094

Goodyear, V, Randhawa, A, Adab, P, Al-Janabi, H, Fenton, S, Jones, K, Michail, M, Morrison, B, Patterson, P, Quinlan, J, Sitch, A, Twardochleb, R, Wade, M & Pallan, M 2025, 'School phone policies and their association with mental wellbeing, phone use, and social media use (SMART Schools): a cross-sectional observational study', The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101211

Randhawa, A, Pallan, M, Twardochleb, R, Adab, P, Al-Janabi, H, Fenton, S, Jones, K, Michail, M, Patterson, P, Sitch, A, Wade, M & Goodyear, VA 2025, 'Secondary school smartphone policies in England: a descriptive analysis of how schools rationalize, design, and implement restrictive and permissive phone policies', Journal of Research on Technology in Education, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 1113-1132. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2024.2363204

Randhawa, A, Wood, G, Michail, M, Pallan, M, Patterson, P & Goodyear, V 2024, 'Safeguarding in adolescent mental health research: navigating dilemmas and developing procedures', BMJ Open, vol. 14, no. 2, e076700. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076700

Randhawa, AE, Tufte-Hewett, AD, Weckesser, AM, Jones, GL & Hewett, FG 2021, 'Secondary School Girls’ Experiences of Menstruation and Awareness of Endometriosis: A Cross-Sectional Study', Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 643-648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2021.01.021

Sheridan Rains, L, Marston, L, Hinton, M, Marwaha, S, Craig, T, Fowler, D, King, M, Omar, RZ, Mccrone, P, Spencer, J, Colman, S, Harder, C, Gilbert, E, Randhawa, A, Labuschagne, K, Jones, C, Stefanidou, T, Christoforou, M, Craig, M, Strang, J, Weaver, T, Johnson, S & Taylor, J 2019, 'Clinical and cost-effectiveness of contingency management for cannabis use in early psychosis: the CIRCLE randomised clinical trial', BMC medicine, vol. 17, 161. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1395-5

Shoebotham, A & Coulson, NS 2016, 'Therapeutic Affordances of Online Support Group Use in Women With Endometriosis', Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 18, no. 5, e109. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5548

Commissioned report

Weckesser, A, Williams, G, Hewett, A & Randhawa, A 2020, Let's Talk.Period: Best practice and innovations in UK period poverty initiatives. <https://plan-uk.org/file/plan-uk-ltp-learning-briefing-2pdf/download?token=XbJhBfCy>

Weckesser, A, Williams, G, Randhawa, A & Hewett, A 2020, Let's Talk.Period: Centring the voices of young people. <https://plan-uk.org/file/plan-uk-ltp-learning-briefing-1pdf/download?token=F0NCK5lH>

Hewett, A, Williams, G, Weckesser, A & Randhawa, A 2020, Let's Talk.Period: Evidencing and evaluating period poverty initiatives for impact. <https://plan-uk.org/file/plan-uk-ltp-learning-briefing-4pdf/download?token=_hvDAVcr>

Weckesser, A, Williams, G, Hewett, A & Randhawa, A 2020, Let's Talk.Period: Inclusivity and Diversity: UK expert views. <https://plan-uk.org/file/plan-uk-ltp-learning-briefing-3pdf/download?token=BIB_vIpS>

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